Ben’s Blog Articles
How EMDR Therapy Works: What You Need to Know
What is EMDR? Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy first appeared on the psychology map in 1987 when Francine Shapiro sought to create a new type of psychotherapy to deal with traumatic events. EMDR’s purpose was to finally provide some type of...
The Road to Healing from Child Sexual Abuse
When it comes to healing from childhood sexual abuse, everyone’s journey is different, from point of trauma to point of healing and beyond. There is a group of survivors in and around the St. Paul Minnesota area who have been willing to break the silence to help...
Living Life the Best Way Possible
What Does “Best Way Possible” Mean At Hope and Healing for Life, we believe happiness comes from being satisfied with your life. Being satisfied with your life and allowing happiness into your life are two factors that are extremely personal and individual. Achieving...
Therapy: Removing the Stigma
In this day and age, where the world is full of ever-increasing resources to help improve quality of life through therapy, at Hope and Healing for Life, we find it interesting that therapy still carries some stigmas. And yet, consider these statistics: One in four...
Handling Life’s Transitional Challenges with Individual Therapy
Everyone knows: change is inevitable change can only happen in the real world we can’t change what we don’t acknowledge When Life Happens, We Can Help Sometimes, life feels like one big roller coaster ride. One minute, your bills are paid, the next minute, you lose...
How to Know When it’s Time for Counseling
How to Know if the Time is Right to Seek Counseling At Hope and Healing for Life, too often, we hear stories of people putting off doing things that would actually improve their quality of life, like exercising, saving money, stopping a bad habit and/or even seeking...